Category: Wired

An App Used to Dox Charlie Kirk Critics Doxed Its Own Users Instead
27
Sep
2025

An App Used to Dox Charlie Kirk Critics Doxed Its Own Users Instead

New research released this week shows that over the past few years the US Department of Homeland Security has collected…

Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers
27
Sep
2025

Inside the Nuclear Bunkers, Mines, and Mountains Being Retrofitted as Data Centers

Data centers are responsible for running many of the services that underpin the systems we interact with every day. Transportation, logistics, energy,…

Heritage Foundation Uses Bogus Stat to Push a Trans Terrorism Classification
26
Sep
2025

Heritage Foundation Uses Bogus Stat to Push a Trans Terrorism Classification

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, the Republican policy apparatus went immediately to work. The Heritage Foundation, which published…

‘SIM Farms’ Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say
23
Sep
2025

‘SIM Farms’ Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say

The phenomenon of SIM farms, even at the scale found in this instance around New York, is far from new….

23
Sep
2025

‘SIM Farms’ Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say

The phenomenon of SIM farms, even at the scale found in this instance around New York, is far from new….

DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years
23
Sep
2025

DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years

The expansion has been driven by specific legal and bureaucratic levers. Foremost was an April 2020 Justice Department rule that…

How to Use 1Password's Travel Mode at the Border (2025)
23
Sep
2025

How to Use 1Password’s Travel Mode at the Border (2025)

Enter VeraCrypt. It’s a free, open source encryption app that can encrypt full drives, as well as operating system partitions,…

A Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover Is Causing a Supply Chain Disaster
22
Sep
2025

A Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover Is Causing a Supply Chain Disaster

Almost immediately after the cyberattack, a group on Telegram called Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, claimed responsibility for the hack. The group…

Security News This Week: A Dangerous Worm Is Eating Its Way Through Software Packages
20
Sep
2025

Security News This Week: A Dangerous Worm Is Eating Its Way Through Software Packages

New findings this week showed that a misconfigured platform used by the Department of Homeland Security left sensitive national security…

These Are the 15 New York Officials ICE and NYPD Arrested in Manhattan
19
Sep
2025

These Are the 15 New York Officials ICE and NYPD Arrested in Manhattan

The problems echo a broader pattern across the country, where watchdogs and courts have flagged overcrowding, poor sanitation, and blocked…

This Microsoft Entra ID Vulnerability Could Have Been Catastrophic
18
Sep
2025

This Microsoft Entra ID Vulnerability Could Have Been Catastrophic

As businesses around the world have shifted their digital infrastructure over the last decade from self-hosted servers to the cloud,…

Cybercriminals Have a Weird New Way to Target You With Scam Texts
18
Sep
2025

Cybercriminals Have a Weird New Way to Target You With Scam Texts

Because blasters operate outside of traditional mobile networks, the messages they send are not subject to the security measures that…